Covid-19 (Aug 29): 20,579 cases, death toll crosses 16k

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 20,579 new Covid-19 cases.

The death toll also crossed the 16,000-mark with 285 new fatalities.

Three states, namely Selangor, Sabah and Sarawak contributed almost half of the fresh infections.

Other states reporting new infections in the four digits include Johor, Kedah, Penang, Kelantan and Perak.

The new recoveries of 20,845 outpaced fresh infections, helping to reduce the number of active cases and reducing the strain on Covid-19 hospitals.

• Active cases: 267,997
• Patients in ICUs: 1,009
• Intubated: 477

Deaths 

The 285 new fatalities today put the death toll at 16,087.

Almost one in every five of the deaths today were brought in dead - meaning they died before any treatment could be given.

Of the 51 brought in dead cases, 30 were citizens while 21were non-citizens.

The majority of deaths was again from Selangor which recorded 110 new fatalities.

This was followed by Johor (50), Sabah (46), Kuala Lumpur (22), Penang (16), Perak (8), Terengganu (7), Kelantan (7), Kedah (5), Negeri Sembilan (4), Pahang (4), Perlis (2), Malacca (2) and Sarawak (2).

New cases by states:

Selangor (4,591)
Sabah (2,578)
Sarawak (2,522)
Johor (1,852)
Kedah (1,755)
Penang (1,378)
Kelantan (1,316)
Perak (1,208)
Pahang (839)
Terengganu (789)
Kuala Lumpur (680)
Malacca (636)
Negeri Sembilan (329)
Perlis (56)
Putrajaya (48)
Labuan (2)

Clusters

There are a total of 1,470 active Covid-19 clusters including 26 reported today.

This is up from the 1,436 active clusters from a week ago.

A total of 20 out of the 26 new clusters were from workplaces.

The new clusters are as follows:

Industri Tahana
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 89 out of 316 screened

Industri Istimewa Satu
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 30 out of 102 screened

Jalan Parit Bakar Darat
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Muar
Total infected: 29 out of 187 screened

Jalan Perindustrian Empat
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kulai
Total infected: 20 out of 98 screened

Industri Lapangan Satu
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kulai
Total infected: 11 out of 166 screened

Industri I-Park 59
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kulai
Total infected: 10 out of 137 screened

Industri Jalan Taiping
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Petaling
Total infected: 31 out of 47 screened

Industri Jalan P10/16
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Hulu Langat and Kuala Langat
Total infected: 30 out of 48 screened

Industri Jalan Korporat 1A
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 29 out of 196 screened

Industri Jalan KPK Setengah
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Gombak
Total infected: 22 out of 70 screened

Jalan Industri Tiga Jelapang
Category: Workplace
State(s): Perak
District(s): Kinta
Total infected: 109 out of 237 screened

Industri Perusahaan Tiga Buntar
Category: Workplace
State(s): Perak
District(s): Kerian
Total infected: 82 out of 466 screened

Jalan Perusahaan Sembilan
Category: Workplace
State(s): Perak
District(s): Larut, Matang and Selama
Total infected: 31 out of 137 screened

Jalan Masjid Lama Bandar Pasir Mas
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Total infected: 8 out of 19 screened

Jalan Kuarters Pegawai
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Puteh
Total infected: 7 out of 40 screened

Jalan Intisari
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Kepong
Total infected: 8 out of 63 screened

Industri Jalan PK 34
Category: Workplace
State(s): Malacca
District(s): Melaka Tengah
Total infected: 80 out of 199 screened

Tapak Bina Rimbun 2
Category: Workplace
State(s): Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban
Total infected: 67 out of 183 screened

Industri Dua Bukit Panchor
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Selatan
Total infected: 39 out of 296 screened

Bandar Baru Mukah
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Mukah and Dalat
Total infected: 38 out of 109 screened

Jalan Pauh Lima Gunong
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Bachok and Pasir Puteh
Total infected: 42 out of 51 screened

Aring Satu
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Gua Musang
Total infected: 20 out of 23 screened

Kampung Limau Purut
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Total infected: 6 out of 12 screened

Kaman
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Bau
Total infected: 63 out of 149 screened

Kampung Batu Kitang Jaya
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Kuching
Total infected: 34 out of 55 screened

Langat Murni
Category: Non-Education Ministry institution
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Kuala Langat
Total infected: 17 out of 25 screened